Population estimates for waders charadrii wintering in Great Britain, 1987/88-1991/92

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-17

  Cayford, John T ^a   Waters, R J ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Britain; Population; Waders; Wintering

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; WADER; WETLAND BIRD SURVEY; WINTER ATLAS; WINTER SHOREBIRD COUNT;

UK;

CHARADRII;

EID: 0029769713     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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